Milk bottle holder



MILK BOTTLE HOLDER Filed Feb. 25, 1947 zsHEETs-SHEET 2 INVENTOR I3 EugeneZ/Wzmrro ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 9, 1952 UNI'IIEIDl STATES PATENT OFFICE MILK BOTTLE HQLDER Eugene M. Navarro, New York, N. Y. Application February 25, 1947, Serial No. '730,762

My invention is an improvement inholders,

"and particularly a holder intended chiefly for milk bottles, with a lock for same. An important object of the invention is t provide a milk bottle holder which may be mounted on theexterior of a dwelling or apartment to receive a bottle of milk delivered by the distributor; and adapted to prevent theft of the bottle before the occupant of the premises takes possession of it; by means of a construction embracing a movable part which engages the bottle securely, and comprises a lock which automatically throw`s a bolt `to make the parts of the holder fast whenever the milkman deposits a full `bottle with a closure or seal and moves the parts of the holder to operative position, in which the proper key is required to openthe holder before the bottle can be released.

In the preferred form ofr the invention, lthe holder is so designed that the locking can be effected only when a full sealed bottle is placed therein; vAt other times Alocking is impossible, so that an empty bottle can be freely supported in the holder to be removed by the milkman without a key Whenever the customer has an empty bottle to be returned to the producer.

Other objects and advantages are explained in the following specification, which shows and describes a preferred combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are pointed out in the appended claim.

`On the drawings,

Figure 1` is a top plan view of my improved milk bottle holder and lock, the holder being closed;

FigureZ is a sectionon line 2--2 of Figure l, showing a sealed bottle therein; Figure `3`is a similar View with the parts in position permitted by an empty bottle;

Figure iis a section on line' 4--4 of Figure 2;

i Figure 5 is a top plan view showing the holder open;

Figure 6 is a sectional View on the line E-I v'ofFigure 5; 1

Figure 7 shows a detail;

Figures 8 and 9 are topi plan views showing 'aholder for two bottles in `closed and open positherefor, and

2 Figure 12 isja section on line IZ-'IZ of Figure 9.` i

With reference rst to Figures 1 to 7 inclusive, the numeral I indicates the body of the holder,`with a part to serve as a bracket `having a` rear flat face adapted to t against the outer flat side of a door, wall or the like; and apair of outspread'supporting arms `2, curved to t a milk bottle around the top thereof. The body issecured by bolts or other fastening devices 3 to the door Vor wall shown at 4. The holder includes a. topV 5' connected to the body by a hinge '6i The body is open at the front between ends 'I3 of a hollow extension I4 on one of the arnis 2.

The top or lid" 5 has a downward extending, arcshap'ed projection I5 on its front edge to enter the spacebetween the ends of the arms 2.y This tension is shaped inside on its lower edge I6 like the'lugs 1. When thetop 5 isdown, the rim 9 of the bottle 8 is completely` encircled and-the retention of the bottle fully assured.

The bolt'IIl has a rib on the 'lower face I'I of less Width than the top I 8, which abuts the 'spring II, and on the lower side of the rib at one end is a projection I 9. The latter is engaged by a stud 20 on the inner end of the key barrel of theV lock I2, and when the latter is rotated by -a key,v the bolt III is withdrawn. The chamber I3 has aclosure 2|, and the bolt Il), when free,

`is projectedl by the spring II `to force the: part I8 through an opening 22 in the arm 2which bearsthe extension I4. l

Carriedv by the cap 5on the under face, in line with the extension I4 when the cap is c1osed,'is a hollow projection 23, containing a hollow plunger 24. In this chamber also is a compression spring 25, which is between` the plunger and the cap 5. The plunger bears at one end a stud '26` that isf thinner than the plunger and projects toward the bottle 8 through a relatively small hole 21, which is in the closed end 28 of the projection 23 adjacent the rim 9 of the bottle when the cover or cap 5 is shut. This end has its inner face ilush with the lower edge of the opening 22,A so

' that it can be clearedby the end of the bolt I0.

3 The projection or abutment 23 extends below the rim of the cap and is open on the side adjacent the bolt I0.

With the parts in the position shown in Figure 5, suppose an empty milk bottle is to be placed in the holder to be picked up by the milkman and replaced by the full sealed bottle of milk. The cover or cap 5 is raised and the neck of the empty bottle is inserted between the arms 2, whereupon the exterior bead of the rim 9 of the bottle rests upon the lugs 1. The cap 5 is now lowered and the side of the plunger 24 will press on the end ofthe latch boltv It and will force it back to retracted position inthe extension I4. The plunger 24 is held against the end 28 of the hollow abutment 23, and the stud 26 enters the mouth of the bottle 8, as indicated in Figure 3. The space between the outer ends of the arms 2 is closed by the depending flange I5 of the cap 5 and the edge I6 of this ilange -co-operates with the lugs 1; but the empty bottle can be removed because the cap is free to be lifted whilethe plunger 24 obstructs the bolt I0 and prevents it from projecting and overlapping the insidev face of the end 28 of the abutment 23.

After therernoval ofthe empty bottle by the milkm-an, and the substitution of a full and sealed bottle of milk therefor, a. different result is obtained.. The bottle 8 is showniin Figure 2 with a disk closure 229 resting on a shoulder inth mouth rof the bottle, but a similar action follows if a bonnet closurefor vthe fullbottle of milk is utilized.

A The neck of the bottle 8.is insertedbetween the arms 2 after the cap jhas-been raised, and the l bottle is suspended asebefore from .the lugs-'I on which the rim of thebot-tle rests. Upon the closing of thecap V5,',the pinvorY studY 25 strikes the closure 29 of. the bottle. as shown 'in Figure 2, and a, further downward. movement of the cap 5 pushesup thestud 26 and plunger 24, compressing the spring 25 and clearing the opening 22, whereupon the end of the latchbolt I is projected'into the hollow abutment 23 bythespringl I to overlie the end 23. 'Ihe end ofthe bolt is rounded from the upper to the lower face thereof. The cap 22 is thus secured against upward movement and the bottle of milk cannot be removed except by .theuse of a key in the-lock I 2 to withdraw the boltIll.v f. v

The closure-cap'5is1dome-shaped and hollow to accommodate the upwardl displacement of the cap V'2'Sl1should.the contents of the'bottle expand by reason of becoming frozen during cold weather.

Figures 8 and 9'show the same construction, with two holders', side by side, and the members I of veach joined to the yother by a connecting.

member Illa, which houses the bolts and the locking mechanism forfboth holders. In this form the end of the lock barrel has two studs 20 to operate the bolts and release the covers or vcaps" rwhen the bottles .are to be taken out rEhe Vmember 14m `contains two bolts Il' of the same design `as the bolt above described. The ribs. I'I

1thelockbarrelis turnedwith al key toforcefthe projections I9 apart, the two bolts are withdrawn and the caps 5 ycan be lifted.

The lock indicated is a lock comprising a barrel `containing tumblers, and it iits into an opening 3Q in one side of the compartment I4. This opening contains two or more grooved ribs 3l separated by spaces into which the tumblers, carried by the barrel, are projected when the barrel is to be held against turning. Upon insertion ofthe key, which pulls back the tumblers from the spaces between the ends of the ribs, the barrel can be rotated sufliciently to make the stud or studs 25 withdraw'tliebolt, which'each of these studs engages, to release" the bottle.

The invention set forth as above is similar to the improvement shown in my copending applications Nos. 730,763 and 730,764, for patents on Milk Bottle Holders, filed on the same date as this case, now Patents No. 2,575,971, issued November 20, .1951., and No. 2,549,510, issued April 17, 1951, respectively. The claim in this application do not recite any of the features of the improvements which the aforesaid copending cases disclose. v

YWhile I have s-hownvand described -what-l consider to be the most practical-embodiment ofrmy inventionI wish'it to beunderstood-that such changes as come within the scope` ofv the appended-claim maybe resortedfto'. when1- desired. v

Having thus described the-invention, what I claim as: new and desirel to secure by Letters Patent, is: f

A. holder. comprising; a pair `of brackets` arranged side'by side,'eachhaving a pa-irof outspread arms with'. Aseparatedl ends, lugs. on:v the inner-'sides of'saidzarms to engage the. expanded rimofthe neck of a bottle; afmemberY attached to --two of Vsaidarmseand.connecting said brackets, saidl connecting member,A having a chamberI with an opening at one end thereof in. each of.- said last-named arms, lock mechanism; comprising a pair: of v bolts insaid chamber, eachbolthaving a relatively'short wide top with a relatively narrow rib on the lower side projecting beyond thefrear endv offthe top, the sidesof the chamber'maintaining said tops inA alinement therein, said'Y ribs being offset towardsl opposite lateral edges of said respective' tops and overlapping attheirends remote from the tops-, aprojectionon the lower sideofeach rib at said end remote from'thetop, said'bolts-being disposed'with the tops-at opposite ends of saidV connecting memberl and the ribs side by side therein, saidprojections each being flush with the outer side of the respective'rib, but widenedbeyond theopposite side of said'rib, said projections having their adjacent sides flush with Vone another when the bolts' are assembleda vbol-ts, each bracket havinga hinged cover, a hol,-

low abutment in eachY cover in line with the adjacent opening when the cover is down; the covers having flanges to cover the spaces between the ends of each pair of arms, a hollow piston in v.each

abutment, a stud on each piston projectingr from to uncover the opening to free the adjacent bolt for movement into position to secure the cover.

EUGENE M. NAVARRO.

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